Videos That Educate
John McCain – “Corporations are Not People” and “We need to go back to what we had, and Obviously in a roundabout way foreign money is coming into our elections and we need to go back to where we have a limit on the flow of money.”
Thought Monkey – We live in a democracy right? Well kind of. Learn how corporations became so powerful and why they became so interconnected with our government undermining our democratic system.
CNN – Political power positions based on money raised – How Democrat and Republican party leadership have structured the pay-to-play system.
TYT – Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff (who spent time in prison after pleading guilty to corrupting public officials) exposed how the U.S. government is legally corrupted. The Young Turks Cenk Uygur breaks down clips from his 60 Minutes interview.
CNBC – Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School professor and founder of the non-profit Equal Citizens, and Ilya Shapiro, director of the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center whether there’s a need for campaign finance reform.
Represent.us – Corruption is legal in America and as long as it is, whoever can buy influence in elections will.
Peter Santenello – Corruption exists everywhere, but in America, how corrupt have the federal government and the agencies that run our country become? Today, we meet with First Amendment attorney Benjamin Barr to stroll around Washington, D.C., to better understand government corruption, learn how our tax dollars are used, and discover more about how America operates behind the scenes.
CNN – Supreme Court, “Money is Speech” – A lot of people complain about all the money in politics. Another decision by the Supreme Court saying Free Speech means you can spend whatever you want on campaign.